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Please select the the best appointment type and coach for your needs. Then select the appropriate appointment time.

Short Sessions - These 20 minute phone sessions are designed for the review of materials like resumes, cover letters, artist statements, or bios. We ask that materials be submitted to the coach at the time of booking. Your coach will review materials prior to the session.

Long Sessions - These 40 minute phone or in-person sessions can fit whatever your specific needs are. All related materials (website, proposal drafts, statements, bios, funder information, etc) be submitted to the coach at the time of booking. Your coach will review these materials prior to the session.

Only schedule your Coaching session if you have all relevant drafts and materials ready for review. You will be required to provide materials and information in order to secure your appointment.

You will be asked to provide a phone number and email.

All NYFA Coaching sessions are scheduled according to GMT Eastern Time. If you are in a different time zone when you are making the appointment, please double check the appointment time in GMT Eastern Time.

Gabriella is a Senior Program Officer for NYFA Grants at the New York Foundation for the Arts where she focuses on delivering NYFA’s artist funding opportunities across New York State.
Throughout her career Gabriella has worked in the not-for-profit art industry holding positions in arts funding management, curatorial, marketing and public program development.
She consults on project and budget proposals, marketing and project management strategies and image selection for portfolio review.

Long Session with Gabriella Calandro

40 minutes@$80.00

Gabriella is a Senior Program Officer for NYFA Grants at the New York Foundation for the Arts where she focuses on delivering NYFA’s artist funding opportunities across New York State.
Throughout her career Gabriella has worked in the not-for-profit art industry holding positions in arts funding management, curatorial, marketing and public program development.
She consults on project and budget proposals, marketing and project management strategies and image selection for portfolio review.

Short Session with Madeleine Cutrona

20 minutes@$40.00

Madeleine is a Senior Program Officer of Fiscal Sponsorship at New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA). She consults on project management, fundraising strategy, and grant and project budget review. She brings a decade of experience teaching visual art, helping artists connect with audiences, making art and fundraising for her own projects. Madeleine is interested in how artists garner resources, build support, and hone skills to execute their creative visions.

Long Session with Madeleine Cutrona

40 minutes@$80.00

Madeleine is a Senior Program Officer of Fiscal Sponsorship at New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA). She consults on project management, fundraising strategy, and grant and project budget review. She brings a decade of experience teaching visual art, helping artists connect with audiences, making art and fundraising for her own projects. Madeleine is interested in how artists garner resources, build support, and hone skills to execute their creative visions.

Short Session with Mark Rossier

20 minutes@$40.00

Mark Rossier is the Director of NYFA Grants, and previously served as Director of Institutional Advancement. Prior to NYFA, he was Director of Development and Marketing at the Alliance of Resident Theatres/New York (A.R.T./New York) and Director of Marketing at the Shakespeare Festival of New Jersey and Capital Rep in Albany, New York. He also worked extensively in the retail industry. He is available for conversations on fundraising, board development, and resume and cover letter review.

Long Session with Mark Rossier

40 minutes@$80.00

Mark Rossier is the Director of NYFA Grants, and previously served as Director of Institutional Advancement. Prior to NYFA, he was Director of Development and Marketing at the Alliance of Resident Theatres/New York (A.R.T./New York) and Director of Marketing at the Shakespeare Festival of New Jersey and Capital Rep in Albany, New York. He also worked extensively in the retail industry. He is available for conversations on fundraising, board development, and resume and cover letter review.

Short Session with Matthew Seig, Media/Film only

20 minutes@$40.00

Matthew is a Media Specialist at NYFA. He brings his experience as a producer or director of over twelve films, both documentary and narrative, as well as film programming for community, festival and art-house exhibition, to his role advising filmmakers at NYFA. He is Executive Director of the Rivertown Film Society in Nyack, and represents the copyrights for the work of producer/director Robert Altman. In 2015 edited a book about Altman’s life and films, published by Abrams Books.

Long Session with Mathew Seig, Media/Film Only

40 minutes@$80.00

Matthew is a Media Specialist at NYFA. He brings his experience as a producer or director of over twelve films, both documentary and narrative, as well as film programming for community, festival and art-house exhibition, to his role advising filmmakers at NYFA. He is Executive Director of the Rivertown Film Society in Nyack, and he represents the copyrights for the work of producer/director Robert Altman. In 2015 edited a book about Altman’s life and films, published by Abrams Books.